inserting characters at the start and end of a string

Question

I am new and trying to find a way to insert a number of L\'s at the beginning and end of a string. So if I have a string which says

\"where did I put my cupcake thi

Answer 1

Let's say we have a string called yourstring:

for x in range(0, [howmanytimes you want it at the beginning]):
    yourstring = "L" + yourstring
for x in range(0, [howmanytimes you want it at the end]):
    yourstring += "L"